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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
Manufacture of Hairpins.

For years the English and French con
trolled the manufacture of hairpins, and
it is only within the last twenty years
that the goods have been produced in
this country to any extent. The
machinery used is of delicate and intri-
cate character, as the prices at which pins
are sold necessitate the most rapid and
cheapest process, which can only be pro-
cured by automatic machines The wire
is made expressly for the purpose and put
up in large coils, which are placed in a
clamp, which carries it to the machine
while Strengthening it; from there it runs
in another machine, which cuts, bends,
and, by delicate and instantaneous pro-
cess, sharpens the points Running at
full speed these machines will turn out
800 hairpins every minute. To economic,
it is necessary to keep them working
night and day. The difficult part IS the
enameling, which is done by dipping in
a preparation and baking it in an oven.
Here is where the most constant and care
full attention is required, as the pin must
be perfectly smooth and the enamel have
aperfect polish. The slightest particles
of dust cause imperfections and rough
ness, which is objectionable Brooklyn
Citizen.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
Ely Storms

"You never heard of fly storm, did
you9' an old house painter asked of a
New York Sun reporter.
The reporter hadn't.
''Well, reckon it viii be a new thing
for most people to hear of, but one comes
nearly every year at this season. The
storm began about June l. 1t lasted a
week. This part of the country was
stocked with flies. I've studied fly sto,ms
for forty years. It's mighty hard to ,ell
when one is coming. On general prin-
ciples you can say that it will follow
close on the first warm wave When the
weather comes to stay then we have fly
storm. Sometimes it is little previous,
but not often. When the first fly storm
is at hand, gardener can safely set out
his most delicate plants and seeds. There
will be no chilly weather after that
'When fly storm is at hand you feel
the air moving as if funnel with bel
lows attachment was pointed at you.
The atmosphere grows suddenly thick.
Heaven help newly painted house
when that happens, especially if the
house is white. The storm tattoes it
completely with wriggling black specks.
They are young flies Most of them are
no larger than pin heads. They can't
get away from a coat of fresh paint. If
had dollar for every fly that sticks to
the side of freshly painted house ex-
posed to one of these storms, and right in
its line, I would almost be ready TO
match my pile against Jay Gould's. In
about two seconds they will mark
house so that one would think it could
never be cleaned"
docs a fly storm worry housekeep-
ers."
.'Well, should say so. Many little
woman sits down and has a good cry af-
-tteF-a fly storm. 1t seems at first as if
there was nothing left to do but paint the
house again. But like many things that
worry people. it seems a great sight worse
than t is. The flies don't dry in with
the paint. After a few days most of them
drop off. The rest go with the first
good breeze or rain, leaving the house
perfectly clean.
'How Go you account for the fly
stormsF'
"Well, flies probably come Just as bees
do They find warm places to winter, and
in tie spring turn their broods loose to
the wind, which carries them in cloudsto
northern alighting places They say that
Queen bee lays 5000 eggs a day. 1t
looks as though something like this must
happen with this kind of fly. If this is
so, few families starting together on
southerly breeze a month after the breed
ing season begins would make quite a
cloud. A fly storm always comes from
the South. l have seen houses after
storm with their sides exposed to the
South black, and with not a speck on
any other side. Anybody who is curious
to know what fly storm is like can see
for himself almost any day Just now when
there is warm breeze, if he watches
newly painted, light-colored surface for
a little while about sunset. That is the
time of day the storm usually comes,
when the sun doesn't scorch the air"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
Children's shoes

There never existed custom more OBJ
jectionable on the score of taste and
cleanliness than that of rigging up chill
drea il white kid shoes. 1t has grown
obsolete with the better Judgment Of the
people, and we only now and then see a
reminder Of it. A shoe should be made
with reference to its liability to come
in contact with things which may soil
it. Besides, a light colored shoe magni-
fies the size OF the foot
In some families shoes for children
that are denoted '' best are laid aside
and kept for full dress wear. This is a
mistaken notion. The feet of children
are constantly growing, and if the shoes
d" TT" at first they will soon become too
snug for comfort, and create pain and
possible deformities 1t is better to let
the youngsters have the good of the
shoes before they outgrow them,-lshoe
mi i..siher reporter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
A Horse that was a Setter.

A man who had horse who would sit
down whenever he was touched in the
flank. He would Just squat down on his
headquarters like a dog. The man tried
to break him of it, but he couldn't, and
nobody would buy him One day a
sportsman came along and made his ac-
quaintance, and they took ride together
to hunt partridges. When they found a
covey the man touched his heels to his
horses TANKS and he sat down. 'sWhat
makes your horse do thatF" said the
sportsman. ''Why," he's a setter, - said
the man. ''He sets birds Just like dog. "
So the sportsman thought he was a most
wonderful horse, and he snapped for him
and gave $50 to boot, and he got on him,
and after awhile they came to a creek
that was pretty deep, AND as the sports
man heldup his legs to keep them out Of
the water his heels touched the horse in
the flank and down he sat in the water
When he got him up and out and all
dripping wet he was as mad as wet
hen. and said: "Well, sir, what made
this horse do that way in the waterlr II
forgot to tell you" said the man, ''thai
he sets fish just as well as he does birds. :"
A'ldRta Constitution.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
A Cannon hr NoonIirht

Even more enchanting was the canyon
Is seen b. moonlight. Then all the
varied features and colorings Of the day
Here toned in strange. unnatural mono
ehTomatic ligAts and shades. Each line of
ellis and bossy erags seemed transmitted
alternately 90 ebony and Ivory A
mysterious siivery gBuze floafcd around
The tips Of the brown, gloomy forests;
and the still reaches Of water flowed ink
20 tie shadow. crystal in the light: or.
ahelr asiiafed- changed in the moon
beams 10 troubled drifts OF snow. Great
unreclained regions, too, were left. of
vague and solemn darkness. Hearing
the pauiher's yell and the rapid bark Of
flle coEote--eehoed 5y the gorge into
aauiaeal shrek and laughter
startled By the sepulohral call Of the owls
20 hoi who-e Eho9 Whos' one need make
ltile effort 81 the Imagination to feel ne
had here reached the region Of Dante's
pen and Dore's pencil: and that by
af sNerine that sentinel challenae salts.
iactcrily and advancing few PAGES he
might meet uuearthiy sights. or plunge
teaesth the quiet waters Of Oblivion. =
OrsFialf
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
An RnrIish Mheat PieId

There was another wheat field, by the
aide u which used 10 wslk sometimes
IN the eFenings, as the grass in the ears
began 10 grow firm The path ran for a
mile beside tia mile Of wheat in one
piece all those million, million stalks
the same height, all with about the same
number Of grains in each car, all ripening
together The hue Of the surface tray-
cied along as you approached. the tint
Of yellow shifted farther like the reiiec-
lion Of sunlight on water, but the surface
Was really inuch the same color eTery-
where. It seemed a triumph Of culture
over such a space, such regularity, such
perfection Of myriads Of plants springing
In their true lines at the same time. each
particular ear perfect, and mile of it.
Perfect work with the plow, the drill,
the harrow ia every detail, and yet such
bEe1dfh- Let your hand touch the ears
lightly as you walk-drawn through
them as If over the side OF boat in
water feeling the golden heads The
sFnrroEs iy ont every now and then
ahead; some Of the birds like their corn
as i hardens, and some while It is soft
and fgli Of milky sap There are hares
within, and many brood Of partridge
chicks that cannot yet use their wings.
Thick as the seed itself the feathered
creatures have been among the wheat
since Il vas soWn. Finches, more nu-
merous than the berries on the hedges;
sfarrows ike the finches multiplied by
dnches. linnets. rocks, like leaves on the
trees. woOdpigcons whose crops are like
hashel baskets for capacity. and now, as
IL ripens, the multitude will be multi
piled by iegions, and as it comes TO the
harvest there is fresh crop of sparFows
from the nests in the barns, you may see
: brown cloud Of them a hundred Yards
long. Besides which there were the rab-
bis that ate the young green blades, and
the mice that win be busy in the sheayes,
and the insects from springtime to gran
arr, a nameless host uncounted. a
whole world, as It were. let loose upon
the wheat 10 eat, consume and withcr II.
On yet it conqucrs the whole world
Tie great field you see was filed with
gold corn four feet deep as a pitcher is
flied with water 10 the brim.-EHgii,A
Maqa-ine
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Some Girls, Names

I NAAA - -NdAntS-
Frances, Is - unrestrained and free:
Bertha, ''pellucid, purely bright
Cara. clear as the crystal sea:
Lucy. a star OF radisnt "a light =:
Catherine, Is pure as mountain air:
Barbara, eonieth Z" from AFFAIR.";
Mabel, is a. like a lily fair;
Henrietta, soft, sweet starr
Felicia, is happy girl;
Matilda, Is - lady true;
Margaret is a shining pearlr;
Rebeeca, - with the faithful few:
Susan, is " lily white;
Jane has the Willows curve and vra,e.
Cecilia, dear, " is dim of sightn;
Sophia, shows Is wisdom on her face.
Constance, is firm and "resoluten:
Grace, 8 delicious favor meet
Charlotte, noble, of good reputer;
Harriet, fine ''odor SWEET;
Isabella, is - lady rare;
Lucinda, constant as the day.;
Maria, means a lady fair;
Abigail, " joyful as the May;
Elizabeth, " an oath Of trust
Adelina, nice princess, proud ~;
Agatha, q" is truly good and Just y;
Letta, " a JOY by love avoEedn
Jeinina, "a soft sound in air.;
Caroline, - sweet spirit hale =
Cornelis, " harmonious and fair:
Selma "A sweet nightingale;
Lydia, 9 q refreshing we'll y;
judith, =. song of sacred praise;
Julia, " a jewel none excel
Priscilla, ancient Of days
-Neig York Graphic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
Washington and the Colt.

While the boy Washington was daily
visitor at Belhayen he established in the
village and its neighborhood a reputation
ioriron-like power Of endurance and a
spring. vigor OF steel, an invincible will
and knack of going straight through
| difficulties. The boy had a wonderful
skill IN the control of horses. He never
met one lie was afraid to mount and he
broke the most fiery to his rein.
An incident Of his boyhood current in
tho chat of the place has escaped
Weems:
Ralph Wor1rleY, man of some conse-
qucnce in the Colony, had brought across
the ferry from Maryland to Belhsven a
number of young horses, among them 4
colt that had thrown q score OF colored
jockeys. The boys about the warehouse
were all willing to wager that the colt
could not throw George Washington.
Whatever may have been the reason,
every body in the neighborhood said that
Wormley had no good blood for the
WaShiugtons or the Fairfaxes, and al
though he gave out that he would give
the colt TO George Washington if he
could ride it, nobody believed him.
When, however, Washington did come
TO the warehouse, AIr. Wormley said:
Now you're a sprightly boy, Mr.. Wash
ington, but there's colt that's toe much
for you. If you back him 10 Mount Yer
non, back you need never bring him"
Which meant if the colt did not throw
him the colt should be his own.
So Mr.. Wormley kept his word; but
when the groom saddled the colt and
Washington, after seeing that the girth
was firm and the bit and bride proper,
jumped into the saddle and went across
White Oak Swamp like an arrow, then
everybody in the village said Wormley
hated the Washingtons and the Fairfaxes
SO that he was trying to get young
George Washingtons neck broken.
Washington came back next day with
the same horse, and at the village inn re-
turned the colt to Mr. Wormley "Keep
him, my boy, you've won him." said
Wormley.
mo, I have not, sir, " replied Washing
ton; ''he threw me in the woods and
dragged me, but got the bride round
tree and held him."
We'll, you may have him." said
Wormley.
"No, sir, replied the lad, as he handed
over.the bride of the colt ~ wouldn't
take him as gift. I did not win the
bet, and he is your horse"
why" cried out Wormley loosely.
''if there was a bet you owe me horse.
Where is my horseln
''Oh, no" retorted Washington in a
louder voice than was usual with him, SO
that all the bystanders might hear.
'You bet your colt against my head.
You've got your colt and I've my head
it is a drawn bet. Good morning, sir"
and he went off with the stride of an
Indian CHIEF. = Vide Arake
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
Girls in RineIets.

Rilglets fourished in 1916. In those
days accomplished girls 'twanged the
light guitar, and accompanied the -
selves IN the most sentimental of songs.
They liked sitting dreaming in the moon
light, alone or en- tete-a-tete They read
unlimited novels, and had no sense of
humor. They never awoke to the reali-
ties of life until they married and wore
their hair in hands. II you put girl in
ringlets, what can you exPecti Certainly,
nothing practical or energetic. 1t is well
known that the slightest exertion takes
the ringlets out of curl. Let us hope
that fate will never be so cruel as again to
make them Standardization Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
Wedding Superstitions

The bride must keep the pins which
fastened her wedding dress.
"Twice 4 bridesmaid, never a bride, -
is proyerb that needs no comment.
Marry at the time of the moons waning
ard your good luck will wane also.
If two marriages are celebrated sinful
taneously one OF the husbands will die.
Fair Or foul weather upon ones we'd
ding day augurs happy or unhappy
married life.
If a girl who is engaged accidently
lets knife fall it is a sign that her lover
coming.
Thegirl who steps, accidently or other
wise, on a eats tail need NOT expect to
be married the same year.
The husband must never take off the
wedding ring; to take it off will insure
him bad luck Of some kind.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

Its effect is said to be quite remarkable
though the Aloxie plant, which is all Of 1t that
can produce tho result, is as tasteless and
harmless as grass. The nervous, weakly wo-
men flock after it like mad and it is said by
them TO stop nervousness at once, and gives
them double powers Of endurance, while il
neither acts like nor leaves a reaction like a
stimulant, nor loses its effect like a medicine.
1t is said to remove nervous and other conf
plants by making the nerves strong enough to
control the functions Of the body properly,
when the cause Of i'll health disappears, while
medicine forces the functions of the body,
leaving the nerves weak from being com
PEELED to overtask. We hope our druggists VIII
keep fun stocks.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

!. is said that lady's standing in society can
easily be determined by her dress at the break
fast-table: an expensive, snowy costume indi-
eating that the wearer has not yet learned the
proprieties. But no one need be afraid of bein..
called "shoddy" if her loneliness is as apparent
by daylight as at the hops Perfect beauty is
never the attendant OF disease: above all, Of
those diseases peculiar 20 women, and which
lind ready cure in DR.. Pierce's ''Favorite Pre-
scription-' Price reduced TO one dollar. By
druggists.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

WOW thai the project OF the erection
70 New York CITY Of an imposiaE Epis-
eoial Cathedral structure seems 10 be no
longer involved N doubt, the table Civ
ing the correct dimensions Of the worlds
great clfhelrais viii be consulted with
Interest, and by many carefully pre-
seeed ior future reference. The figi.res
-. ler.with giren.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

LADY living in Lexington. Ga, has a ball
of yarn that was spun and woven during the
revolutionary war, over 100 years ago, and ye;
the thread IS seemingly sound and whole This
same lady has glass butterdish that is known
to he more than $50 years old, but how much
more is not known.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

Above all other earthly ills.
! hate the big, old-fashioned pills;
By slow degrees they downward wend,
And often pause, or upward tend;
With such discomfort are they fraught,
Their good effects amount TO nalght.
Now, DR.. Pierce prepares pill
That Just exactly fills the bill
4 Pellet, rather, that is all
A Pleasant Purgative. and smnl.
Just try them as you feel their need,
You'll ind that | speak truth, indeed.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
PIIr- Cured for % Ccnt..

THERE are thirty-three mineral springs in the
State Of Kansas.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

DR.. WALToS's CURE FOR pILEs is cuaran-
teed 10 cure the worst case OF piles. Price .
cents At druggists, or mailed STAMPS takeal
by the
WALTON REMEDY Co. CIEvErANn q
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09
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A set OF % beautiful Nm I
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ticns. systematically ar
rang d and cenfeutcd I
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The name anu place from
which It came printed
under each specimen.
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n order 10 secure new
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the next 60 DAYS send The
handsome cabinet, VITA
circulars describing our
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os ties for l0c. silver and
thre two-cent STAN $.
You get greater rttIu
for your money Ia knowl
par asing one Of these {
Minerals tiian yuu can OF
thee ist. I'D ms s. W
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

THE sawdust from the mills on California
creeks is killing the trout by the thousands.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLIONS of north
ern capital has sought investment in the South
within the past year.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

fsaorance is less remote from the 'Fith
ii.lD prejudice
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

ROYAL GLUE meuds anythingl Broken Chi
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro
Best, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh- By druggists
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-09

"You never heard of fly storm, did
you?' an old house painter asked of a
New York Sun reporter.
The reporter hadn't
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
MATTERS ARnnT TOWN

GeoD progress is being made in rebuilding
stalls and fences, and otherwise preparing fol
the coming county fair. The prospects ar,
good for an unusually fine exhibition of live
/ stock
The Baltimore and Ohio Sunday train is do.
ing fair business. 1t is suggested that the
man who, twenty years ago, would have said
the time is coming when man can get on 6
train at st. Clairsville Sunday morning and
attend church at Pittsburgh and return in the
evening was crazy.
THE repairs being made to the N z. church
building are about completed. The assembly
room has been greatly improved, and when
completed will be one of the pleasantest and
| handsomest in this part Of the state.
If we have any municipal government, it
should cause to be removed the rubbish left in
front of the new court house. 1t is not only
| unsightly, but is very much in the way of all
persons who are compelled to use the street.
The nuisance should not longer be tolerated.
THE trees are beginning to show the effects
of the drouth. On some Of them the leaves
are as yellow as they usually are at the middle
of September.
The coming reunion at Wheeling is attract
ing the attention of the ex-soldiers hereabouts,
and the indications are that the great majority
of them will attend it.
STREET CoXNIssIoNER MALONE has had a
three feet fill made in front of Ferren's, on the
north common, which has greatly improved
that highway.
A FINE rain fell Monday morning, which
freshened up things very greatly, and IN the
evening there was another heavy down-pou
ing.
WITH the exception of the United Presby-
terian, the churches of town were closed Sun
day morning. Mr.. Haskell had not returned
from Chautuaqua. and Mr.. Alexander was at
Pennington, assisting at a communion. In the
evening a missionary service was held at the
NJ. E. church, conducted by Miss Belle Tho
burn.
some members of Council are advocating
the macadamizing of the street from the corner
of Main and Marietta, past the Quaker burying
ground, to the Cadiz pike. This would be an
improvement of some value, providing proper
grading is done, preparatory to mscadamizing ;
but it will add practically nothing to the build
ing area of the town. 1t is that we need if the
town is ever to expand beyond one long and
narrow street. Mr.. Overbaugh exhibits de-
sire to sell lots on North Marietta street. The
extension of that street is practical matter,
and would be in the nature of real improve
meut
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

THE name of John S. Cochran, of
Martins Ferry, is prominently mention
ed as a candidate for Senator in this
district. Mr.. Cochran was soldier of
the 18th o V |, and has been practic-
ing attorney for "a years, a portion of
which time be occupied the position of
common pleas judge in Missouri. For
several years past ia addition to his
legal business he has been successfully
engaged in the growing of small fruits
on his farm back of Martins Ferry.
He is man of good address, intelligent
and cultivated, and in the prime of life,
cOmprehending thoroughly the needs of
the people in the matter of legislation.
His nomination doubtless would give
great satisfaction to the populous man.
ufacturing community of which be is a
part, and his election would insure to
the district a conscientious and faithful
Senator.